We have declared war on social media in some of our churches. But do you realize that by doing this you have cut off all of those kids who you will never minister to because you hate the world that they live in? Social media to me is not the same as social media to my 11 year old granddaughter. To me it is a tool. To her it is a way of life.
We may have thrown the baby out with the bath water by ignoring where this generation lives. The answer is not we all use old phones and never use modern technology. We are not sucked into the lies of social media, but they are.
We reached hippies by playing their music and opening coffee house style outreach venues. We are trying to reach Gen Z with hippie or hip hop style outreaches. It's not just letting the Holy Spirit bring them in in spite of us. It's using wisdom to reach young people where they are.
The parents of Gen Z kids are lost and fearful and depressed. They don't know what to do or how to do it or what works. We know all of that. Is our message getting to where this beleaguered generation lives?
You cannot go forward while looking backward. What got us here may not get us there.
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